- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Glycine rufescens Willd.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchosia rufescens (Willd.) DC.
- Vernacular name : Malaikollu, Kaattukollu (Tamil)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common on foothills to 1400m and on forest clearings.
- Key identification features : An erect undershrub with trailing branches; calyx accrescent
- Flower, Fruit : October-February
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 13/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-390
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Kalhandi district, Puri district, Angul district, Dhenkanal district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Native : India
- World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchosia rufescens. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.
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